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prow Noun the bow of a vessel [Greek prōra]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations n prow [prau] the front part of a ship; the bow. boeg مُقَدَّم السَّفينَه нос příď bov; stævn der Bug πλώρη proa käil سینه ی کشتی keula proue חַרטוֹם मन्दान hajóorr haluan stefni prua 船首 뱃머리, 이물 pirmagalys (laivas, kuģa) priekšgals haluan voorsteven baug, forstavn dziób proa proră нос prova premec pramac för[] หัวเรือ geminin baş tarafı, pruva, burun 船頭,艦首 ніс جہاز کا اگلا حصہ mũi tàu 船头,舰首 |
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| Determined to keep as far apart as possible, the one seated himself in the stem, and the other in the prow of the ship. His mighty strokes bade fair to close up the distance between us in short order, for at best I could make but slow progress with my unfamiliar craft, which nosed stubbornly in every direction but that which I desired to follow, so that fully half my energy was expended in turning its blunt prow back into the course. The commander of the first Roman galley must have looked with an intense absorption upon the estuary of the Thames as he turned the beaked prow of his ship to the westward under the brow of the North Foreland. |
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